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The problem with software patents isn't mixing software and hardware. That's actually a case where patents are reasonable. The problem with software patents is
by eridius 10y ago
The problem with software patents isn't mixing software and hardware. That's actually a case where patents are reasonable. The problem with software patents is taking an existing process and patenting "do X, but on a computer". The patent as described here doesn't work like that, because what it's doing isn't something that you could previously do without a computer.
- Nomentatus 10y agoActuating limbs 'n stuff did happen without computers, and with them, long ago. Inflating air chambers doesn't require a computer, it's just an obvious application for them. Emphasis on obvious.